Design Topic Impacts on careers and job prospects Subject(s) Economics

Grade(s) 9

Designer(s) L Mason

STAGE 1 DESIRED RESULTS

Unit Title: Impacts on careers and job prospects
Established Goals:

Students are able to identify the factors that impacted various careers within Australia.

Students are able to create a presentation to convey their opinions.

Understandings: Students will understand that

Careers within Australia have been impacted by factors
including education.

Essential Questions:
Will careers alter once again going into the future
How did job prospects come to what they are today
How do these changes impact on the students own individual
career and what they wish to do.

Students will know:

The Australian population seek careers in which the
individual will succeed which usually means earns them a
wage.
That perceptions of careers and part time work have altered
over the years.

Students will be able to:

Express their finding and thus understanding in a creative
way to their fellow class members.
Identify factors that impacted careers

Performance Tasks:

STAGE 2 ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE

Other Evidence:

A presentation of some sort that is performed in

front of the class.
Includes a peer and self-evaluation as well as a
mark of some sort from the teacher.

Contribution to the classroom discussions

Collection of their findings

Key Criteria:
Students to engage the classroom
An understanding of the concepts that the content is focused around
A level of creativity within their performance.

STAGE 3 LEARNING PLAN

Summary of Learning Activities:
Introduction

Investigate different factors that have impacted careers within Australia.

Allow students to begin brainstorming their presentation

What makes an engaging performance

Activity

Show episode various clips of good and bad speeches, including iconic speeches that have conducted, i.e Martin
Luther King.

Have students perform their presentation

Source: Understanding by Design, Unit Design Planning Template (Wiggins/McTighe 2005)

Design Topic Impacts on careers and job prospects Subject(s) Economics

Grade(s) 9

Designer(s) L Mason

Follow-up

What made for good presentations

What could happen going into the future if factors such as the economy change, will this affect careers for
Australians.
Reflection

What was the students prior knowledge level about careers prior to this lesson.

How much do you know now?

Can they incorporate these finding into their words in a time limit.

Source: Understanding by Design, Unit Design Planning Template (Wiggins/McTighe 2005)